Publications

    2025

  1. Wu, P.; Lopez Caceres, M.L.; Nguyen, L.T.; Shimizu, H.; Vera Galindo, V.; Zhang, H.; Tsou, C.-Y. Evaluation of Fir Forest Die-Back and Regeneration After a Severe Bark Beetle Disturbance Using UAV-Based Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing, 2025, 17, 3782. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17233782
  2. Leidemer T., Lopez C.M.L., Diez Y., Ferracini C., Tsou C., Katahira M., 2025. Evaluation of Temporal Trends in Forest Health Status Using Precise Remote Sensing. Drones 9. 337. 10.3390/drones9050337.

    3. 2024

  3. Tran T.C.N., Lopez C.M.L., Riera S.G., Conciatori M., Kuwabara Y., Tsou C., Diez Y., 2024. Using UAV RGB Images for Assessing Tree Species Diversity in Elevation Gradient of Zao Mountains. Remote Sensing, 16, 3831, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16203831.
  4. Conciatori M., Tran N.T.C., Diez Y., Valetta A., Segalini A., Lopez C.M.L., 2024. Plant Species Classification and Biodiversity Estimation from UAV Images with Deep Learning. Remote Sensing, 16, 3654. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16193654.
  5. Schaefer M.L., Bogacki W., Lopez C.M.L., Kirschbauer L., Kato C., Kikuchi S., 2024. Influence of Slope Aspect and Vegetation on Soil Moisture Response to Snowmelt in the German Alps. Hydrology 11(7), 101; http'//doi.org/10.3990/hydrology11070101.
  6. Seidel F., Castano C., Alday J.G., Lopez C.M.L., Bonet J.A., 2024. Contrasting fungal functional groups influence nutrient cycling across four Japanese cool-temperate forest soils. Applied Soil Ecology , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105360.
  7. Moritake K., Cabezas M., Tran T.C.N., Lopez C.M.L., Diez Y., 2024. Sub-alpine shrub classification using UAV images: Performance of human observers vs DL classifiers. Ecological Informatics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102462.

    8. 2023

  8. Guo W., Jiao P., Lopez C.M.L., Chen Z., Wei L., Liu X., Hu Y., Wang Y., 2023. Nitrogen and phosphorous dynamics with stand development of Pinus massoniana plantations in Southeast China. Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 14, doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1139945.

    9. 2022

  9. Leidemer T., Gonroudobou O.B.H., Nguyen H.T., Ferracini C., Burkhard B., Diez Y., Lopez C.M.L., 2022. Classifying the Degree of Bark Beetle-Induced Damage on Fir (Abies mariesii) Forests, from UAV-Acquired RGB Images. Computation, 10(4), 63.
  10.  Gonroudobou O.B.H., Silvestre L.H., Diez Y., Nguyen, H.T., Lopez C.M.L., 2022. Treetop Detection in Mountainous Forests Using UAV Terrain Awareness Function. Computation, 10(6), 90.
  11. Murata K., Watermann F., Gondouroubou H., Le T.H., Yamanaka T., Lopez C.M.L., 2022. Effect of black locust trees on the nitrogen dynamics of black pine trees in Shonai coastal forest, Japan. Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05355-y.
  12. Seidel F., Lopez C.M.L., Bonifacio E., Kurokawa H., Yamanaka T., Celi L., 2022. Seasonal phosphorus and nitrogen cycling in four Japanese cool-temperate forest species. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021.05251-x.

    13. 2021

  13. Diez Y., Kentsch S., Fukuda M., Lopez C.M.L., Moritake K., Cabezas M., 2021.Deep Learning in Forestry Using UAV-Acquired RGB Data: A Practical Review. Remote Sensing 13(14): 2837.
  14. Nguyen H.T., Lopez C.M.L., Moritake K., Kentsch S., Shu H., Diez Y., 2021. Individual Sick Fir Tree (Abies mariesii) Identification in Insect Infested Forests by Means of UAV Images and Deep Learning. Remote Sensing doi.org/10.3390/rs13020260.
  15. Kentsch S., Cabezas M., Tomhave L., Gross J., Burkhard B., Lopez C.M.L., Waki K., Diez Y. 2021. Analysis of UAV-Acquired Wetland Orthomosaics Using GIS, Computer Vision, Computational Topology and Deep Learning. Sensors doi.org/10.3390/s21020471.

    16. 2020

  16. Cabezas M., Kentsch S., Tomhave L., Gross J., Lopez C.M.L., Diez Y., 2020. Detection of invasive species in wetlands: practical deep learning with heavily imbalanced data. Remote Sensing 12, 3431;doi:10.3390/rs12203431.
  17. Brandt A.C., Zhang Q., Lopez C.M.L., Murayama H., 2020. Soil Temperature and soil moisture dynamics in winter and spring under snowfall conditions in north-eastern, Japan. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13794.
  18. Kentsch S., Lopez C.M.L., Serrano D., Roure F., Diez Y., 2020. Computer Vision and Deep Learning techniques for the analysis of drone-acquired forest images, a Transfer Learning study. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12, 1287; doi:10.3390/rs12081287.

    19. 2019

  19. Zhang Q., Lopez C.M.L., Brandt A.C., Voltas J., Nakatsuka T., Aguilera M. 2019. Using water isotopes to trace water sources of three typical Japanese tree species under heavy rainfall conditions. Open Journal of Forestry 10:7-21.
  20. Seidel F., Lopez C.M.L., Oikawa A., Yamanaka T., 2019. Seasonal nitrogen partitioning in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) tissues. Plant and Soil 442:511–529.
  21. Seidel F., Lopez C.M.L., Celi L., Bonifacio E., Oikawa A., Yamanaka T., 2019. Tree tissues N isotope fractionation during N intra mobilization in Fagus crenata. Forests. DOI: 10.3990/f10040330.
  22. Enta A., Hayashi M., Lopez C.M.L., Fujiyoshi L., Yamanaka T., Oikawa A., Seidel F. 2019. Nitrogen resorption and fractionation during leaf senescence in typical tree species in Japan. Journal of Forestry Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-019-01055-z.

    23. 2018

  23. Hayashi M., Lopez C.M.L., Nobori Y., Byambasuren M., Boy J., 2018. Nitrogen isotope pattern in Mongolian larch stands at the southern Eurasian boreal forest boundary. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 54(6):608-621.
  24. Lopez C.M.L., Nakano S., Ferrio J.P., Hayashi M., Nakatsuka T., Sano M., Yamanaka T., Nobori Y., 2018. Evaluation of the effect of the 2011 Tsunami on coastal forests by means of multiple isotopic analyses of tree rings. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 54(5):494-507.

    25. 2017

  25. Seidel F., Lopez C.M.L., Guggenberger G., Nobori Y., 2017. Impact of low severity fire on soil organic carbon and nitrogen characteristics in Japanese cedar forest, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Open Journal of Forestry 7:270-284.

    26. 2001 - 2016

  26. Fujiyoshi L., Sugimoto A., Tsukuura A., Kitayama A., Lopez C.M.L., Byambasuren M., Ariunaa S., Tsujima M., 2016. Spatial variations in larch needle and soil δ15N at a forestgrassland boundary in northern Mongolia. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 53(11): 54-69.
  27. Fedorov A.N., Iwahana G., Konstantinov P.Y., Machimura T., Argunov R., Lopez C.M.L., Takakai F., 2016. Variability of permafrost and landscape conditions following clear-cutting in Central Yakutia. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 28 (1): 331-338. 
  28. Lopez C.M.L., Takakai F., Iwahana G., Fedorov A.N., Iijima Y., Hatano R., Fukuda M. 2015. Snowmelt and the hydrological interaction of forest-grassland ecosystems in Central Yakutia, eastern Siberia. Hydrological Processes 29(14): 3074-3083.
  29. Lopez C.M.L., Mizota C., Nobori Y, Sasaki T., Yamanaka T., 2014. Temporal changes in nitrogen acquisition of Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) associated with black locust (Robinia pseuoacacia). Journal of Forestry Research 25(3):585-589.
  30. Taki S., Nobori Y., Lopez C.M.L., Takeda K., 2013. Construction of a Yield-density Diagram for coastal black pine forests based on tree weight, incorporating the Y-N curves of different forest stand ages. Journal of Japanese Forest Society 95: 206-213.
  31. Ngroho B.D.A., Prima A.O.D., Kanno H., Sameshima R., Fujii H., Lopez C.M.L., 2013. Relationship between global climate indices and rain-fed crop yields in highland of Central Java, Indonesia. Journal of Geography 122(3):438-447.
  32. Taki S., Nobori Y., Lopez C.M.L., 2012. Method for estimation of stem carbon fixation of japanese black pine by combining stem analysis and soft X-ray densitometry. Journal of Forest Research DOI:10.1007/s10310-012-0382-x.
  33. Lopez C.M.L., Hatano R., Guggenberger G., Ohta T., Gerasimov E., Fedorov A.N., 2012. Forest Fire effects on soil chemistry and carbon stocks in Central Yakutia, eastern Siberia. Eurasian Journal of Forest Research 15-1:9-17.
  34. Lopez C.M.L., Mizota C., Yamanaka T., Nobori Y., 2011. Effects of pre-treatment on the nitrogen isotope composition of Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) tree-rings as affected by high N input. Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry 25:1-5.
  35. Mizota C., Lopez C.M.L., Yamanaka T. Nobori Y., 2011. Differential response of two Pinus spp. to avian nitrogen as revealed by nitrogen isotope analysis of tree-rings. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 47:1-9.
  36. Sasaki T., Nobori Y., Lopez C.M.L., 2011. Relationship between climate and radial growth of Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla on mountain ridges under thick snow in Tohoku, Japan. Journal of Forest Planning 16:1-5.
  37. Lopez C.M.L., Mizota C., Yamanaka T. Nobori Y., 2010. Temporal changes in tree-ring nitrogen of Pinus thunbergii trees exposed to Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) breeding colonies. Applied Geochemistry, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.08.17.
  38. Lopez C.M.L., Shirota T., Iwahana G., Koide T., Maximov T.C., Fukuda M., Saito H., 2010. Effect of increased rainfall on water dynamics of Larch (Larix cajanderi) forest in permafrost regions, Russia - an irrigation experiment. Journal of Forest Research. doi 10.1007/s10310-010-0196-7.
  39. Koide T., Saito H., Shirota T., Iwahana G., Lopez C.M.L., Maximov T.C., Hasegawa S., Hatano R., 2010. Effects of change in soil environment associated with heavy precipitation on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a Siberian larch forest near Yakutsk. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition DOI 10.1007/s10310-010-0196-7.
  40. Lopez, C.M.L., Gerasimov., E., Machimura, T., Takakai, F., Iwahana, G., Fedorov, A.N., Fukuda, M., 2008. Comparison of carbon and water vapor exchange of forest and grassland in permafrost regions in Central Yakutia, Russia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148:1968-1977.
  41. Wetterich, S., Herzschuh, U., Meyer, H., Pestryakova, L., Plessen, B., Lopez, C.M.L., Schirrmeister, L., 2008. Evaporation effects as reflected in freshwaters and ostracod calcite from modern environments in Central and Northeast Yakutia (East Siberia, Russia). Hydrobiologia 614:171-195.
  42. Takakai F., Desyatkin A.D., Lopez C.M.L., Fedorov A.N., Desyatkin R.V. and Hatano R., 2008. Influence of forest disturbance on CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes from larch forest soil of permafrsot taiga region in eastern Siberia. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 54:938-949.
  43. Takakai F., Desyatkin A.D., Lopez C.M.L., Fedorov A.N., Desyatkin R.V. and Hatano R., 2008. CH4 and N2O emissions from a forest-alas ecosystem in the permafrost taiga forest, eastern Siberia, Russia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, doi:10.1029/2007JG000521/JG000521,2008.
  44. Lopez C.M.L., H. Saito, Y. Kobayashi, T. Shirota, G. Iwahana, T. C. Maximov and M. Fukuda, 2007b. Inter-annual environmental-soil thawing rate variation and its control on transpiration from Larix cajanderi, Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia. Journal of Hydrology 338: 251-260.
  45. Kobayashi N, Hiyama T., Fukushima Y., Lopez C.M.L., Hirano T., Fujinuma Y. 2007. Nightime transpiration observed over a larch forest in Hokkaido, Japan. Water Resources Research 43, W03407, doi:10.1029/2006WR005556.
  46. Lopez C.M.L., A. Brouchkov, H. Nakayama, F. Takakai, A.N. Fedorov and M. Fukuda, 2007. Epigenetic Salt Accumulation and Water Movement in the Active Layer of Central Yakutia in Eastern Siberia. Hydrological Processes 21(1):103-109.
  47. Lopez C.M.L., H. Nakayama, F. Takakai, R. Argunov, A.N. Fedorov and M. Fukuda, 2006. Forest Fires, a permanent or a temporal disturbance in Permafrost Regions? Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia. Forest Ecology and Management 234(1):S178.
  48. Machimura T., Kobayashi Y., Iwahana G., Hirano T., Lopez C.M.L., Fukuda M. and Fedorov A.N., 2005. Change of Carbon Dioxide Budget during Three Years after Deforestation in Eastern Siberian Larch Forest. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 60 (5): 653-656.
  49. Lopez C.M.L., Yamazaki Sunao and Takahashi Hidenori, 2002. Effect of Foliar Application of Glycine Betaine on the Water Status of Kidney beans under salt stress. Agronomy and Crop Science 188: 73-80.
  50. Lopez C.M. L., Mao Xuesen and Takahashi Hidenori, 2001. Water status in winter wheat grown under salt-stress. Journal of Geographical Science. 11(2):202-208.